Political Film Review #670

FINAL VOTING FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2022

Among eleven films nominated by the Political Film Society for 2022 in each of four categories, select the best in each category. The winning film directors will receive awards:

Because only one film promotes democracy, voters can say Yes or No:

FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
Argentina, 1985   How democracy ended in Argentina as unpacked by witnesses to crimes against humanity

Among films promoting PEACE, vote for the better one of the two nominees:

FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
All Quiet on the Western Front   How the French refused compromise with the German in negotiating the World War I armistice.
Donbass   How Donbass was in turmoil politically after Russia seized Donbass territories in 2014.

Among EXPOSÉ films, vote for the BEST film that brings to light lesser-known political facts:

FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
Donbass   A view of how life after Russia seized Donbass territories in 2014.
Emancipation   How a Black slave took a treacherous route to freedom in Louisiana during 1963.
Holy Spider   A female journalist discovers that women are being killed, and the local police are not investigating.
She Said   News reporters demonstrate the difficulty of getting women to admit that Weinstein abused them.
Unsilenced   How China tried to eliminate the Falun Gong movement.

For HUMAN RIGHTS films, vote to accept the BEST from the following nominees:

FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
Emancipation   Mistreatment of Black slaves at a worksite for weapons during the Civil War.
Holy Spider   A mass murderer of women in an Iranian town is operating with impunity.
She Said   Women were sexually abused and threatened by Hollywood’s Harvey Weinstein.
Till   A woman’s son is killed in Mississippi, whereupon she launches the Civil Rights Movement in 1955.
Unsilenced   China tortures at least 2,000 members of Falun Gong to stop the movement.

The Political Film Society Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, March 1, at 9 a.m. (8481 Allenwood Road, LA 90046) to count ballots. Winning directors will then be notified.

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